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Polo Community Unit School District 222

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Polo Community Unit School District 222 is located in north Illinois. Polo Community Unit School District 222 has 116.08 square miles of land area and has no water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Polo Community Unit School District 222 population is 3,918. Polo Community Unit School District 222 median household income is $52,407 in 2010-2014. Polo Community Unit School District 222 median house value is $99,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Polo Community Unit School District 222 is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (136 out of 476, top 29%) Elementary/Middle School: (312 out of 757, top 41%)* Rank: #325
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	3,918 (2010-2014), rank #591
Population Growth	-9.20% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	33.75/sq mi, rank #661
Median Household Income:	$52,407 at 2010-2014—-1.24% increase since 2005-2009, rank #492
Median House Price:	$99,900 at 2010-2014—-5.67% increase since 2005-2009, rank #577
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	116.08 sq mi, rank #198
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00%), rank #780
State:	Illinois
County:	Whiteside County, Ogle County, Lee County
City:	Sterling, Polo, Woosung, Dixon, Oregon, Mount Morris, Forreston, Milledgeville
Zip:	61081, 61064, 61091, 61021, 61061, 61054, 61030, 61051
Area:	Sterling, IL;Rochelle, IL;Dixon, IL

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Polo Community Unit School District 222 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

100 South Union Ave

Polo IL, 61064, Ogle County

Phone: 815-946-3815

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	644	651	674	702	697	709	724
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	54.50	NA	51.50	53.04	52.06	52.50	50.40
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	2.00	0.00	2.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	32.00	NA	26.50	30.72	25.06	26.50	15.90
Secondary:	22.50	NA	23.00	22.32	24.00	22.00	30.50
Ungraded:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	26.00	71.00	7.00	7.19	7.00	9.00	12.00
Instructional Aides:	NA	14.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA	0.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA	0.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	4.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	1.00	NA	1.00	1.09	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	NA	1.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.00
School Administrators:	3.00	NA	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	NA	13.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	2.00
Student Support Services:	NA	NA	1.00	1.10	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Support Services:	18.00	43.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	4.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.82	NA	13.09	13.24	13.39	13.50	14.37

Schools

Aplington Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	610 East Mason St, Polo IL 61064
Centennial Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	308 South Pleasant Ave, Polo IL 61064
Polo Comm High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	100 South Union Ave, Polo IL 61064

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.9%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.7%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.1%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.8%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.2%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100.0%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.7%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.9%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.9%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.5%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.9%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.4%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.8%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.0%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.0%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.5%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.3%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.5%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.0%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.9%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.8%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	61.3%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.0%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	96.1%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.7%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.0%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.3%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.1%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.4%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.3%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.1%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	100.0%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.0%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.7%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.8%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.4%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.7%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.9%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.7%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.2%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.3%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.4%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.2%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.9%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.5%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.4%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.7%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50.0%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	82.6%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	92.8%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	75.5%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	98.4%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	90.7%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	84%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	89.3%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	92.3%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	86.9%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.5%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.8%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.4%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.5%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.0%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.0%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.0%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.0%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.7%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.8%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.6%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	59.8%
PSAE Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	53.3%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.0%	53.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.3%	52.8%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	53.7%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.1%	52.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.5%	53.0%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.2%	51.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	52.7%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.3%	51.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50%	51.6%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.8%	51.8%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.4%	56.4%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	56.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.9%	59.5%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.6%	58.4%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	54.0%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.7%	53.3%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.5%	56.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	49.2%	54.0%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	51.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.7%	50.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.7%	54.8%
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.5%	51.3%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.6%	52.9%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	73.5%	52.5%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	63.8%	50.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	68.4%	51.0%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.7%	51.2%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	63.2%	50.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.7%	52.4%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	49.2%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52.0%	51.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.9%	49.4%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$7,269,000	$10,785		$7,503,000	$10,688		$6,762,000	$9,702
Federal:	$345,000	$512	4.7%	$477,000	$679	6.4%	$755,000	$1,083	11.2%
State:	$3,137,000	$4,654	43.2%	$3,345,000	$4,765	44.6%	$2,929,000	$4,202	43.3%
Local:	$3,787,000	$5,619	52.1%	$3,681,000	$5,244	49.1%	$3,078,000	$4,416	45.5%
Total Expenditures:	$6,902,000	$10,240		$6,842,000	$9,746		$6,875,000	$9,864
Total Current Expenditures:	$6,511,000	$9,660		$6,450,000	$9,188		$6,425,000	$9,218
Instructional Expenditures:	$4,052,000	$6,012	62.2%	$4,020,000	$5,726	62.3%	$3,961,000	$5,683	61.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$295,000	$438	4.5%	$287,000	$409	4.4%	$262,000	$376	4.1%
Administration:	$1,139,000	$1,690	17.5%	$1,100,000	$1,567	17.1%	$1,145,000	$1,643	17.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,025,000	$1,521	15.7%	$1,043,000	$1,486	16.2%	$1,057,000	$1,516	16.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$45,000	$67		$69,000	$98		$110,000	$158
Construction:	$3,000	$4		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$191,000	$283		$175,000	$249		$158,000	$227

Total Salary:	$3,890,000	$5,772		$3,901,000	$5,557		$3,801,000	$5,453
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,719,000	$4,034	69.9%	$2,733,000	$3,893	70.1%	$2,634,000	$3,779	69.3%
Other Salary:	$1,171,000	$1,737	30.1%	$1,168,000	$1,664	29.9%	$1,167,000	$1,674	30.7%
Total Benefit:	$1,692,000	$2,510		$1,668,000	$2,376		$1,565,000	$2,245
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,139,000	$1,690	67.3%	$1,134,000	$1,615	68.0%	$1,063,000	$1,525	67.9%
Other Benefit:	$553,000	$820	32.7%	$534,000	$761	32.0%	$502,000	$720	32.1%

* Polo Community Unit School District 222 was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.